Former Columbia County News-times sports editor Mike Howell will be laid to rest in Augusta later this month.

A memorial service for Howell is set for 4 p.m. April 19 at Thomas Poteet and Sons Funeral Home on Davis Road, according to his ex-wife Kristina Rester, who is assisting with the arrangements. Howell will be buried later at a private ceremony at Augusta’s Westover Cemetery, Rester said.

The TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl will go by a different name beginning in 2015.

Evans-based TaxSlayer.com and Gator Bowl Sports reached a six-year deal Thurs­day that will make the online tax preparation company, which serves as the bowl’s title sponsor, the sole headlining name for the college football game, according to a news release.

The 10th annual Rock Fore! Dough benefit concert is Tuesday at the Lady Antebellum Pavilion at the park in Evans.

Organizers are excited that Darius Rucker, who has performered numerous times as part of Hootie and the Blowfish and as a solo artist since the inaugural concert, is returning for the landmark anniversary.

The following accounts were taken from Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident reports:

Kayaks damaged, stolen

An owner of a Martinez kayak rental business called authorities Thursday after discovering a rented kayak was damaged and another stolen from the kayak storage area.

The owner of Savannah River Kayak Rental said a customer who rented a kayak said it kept filling up with water while kayaking. She found three puncture holes, each about 2 inches long, that go all the way through the kayak.